A report of older persons participating in the Senior Community Service Project (SCSP) during 1973-1976 funded by the Older Americans Act through the U.S. Department of Labor as administered by the National Council on Aging. Enrollment and placement statistics and effects on delivery of human services are included. (ABM)

Examines the following issues: Options of and barriers to professionalizing the adult basic education (ABE) position, gaining status and respectability in the university and college environment, making ABE a viable part of the adult education program, and future role of the professor in ABE. (Author/SH)

Discusses the five studies the author found most helpful in designing Women's Workshops at Antelope College, (California), a series of personal awareness seminars for mature women returning to college. Also included is a description of the exercises used in these seminars. (Author)

Originally a diversion for disgruntled housewives, the continuing-education curriculum is becoming more comprehensive, with an accent on career options and job skills. (Editor)

Addresses the controversial issue of nuclear education in public schools. Highlights include resolutions passed by the National Congress of Parent Teacher Associations, what nuclear education is, distinction between nuclear education and education in the nuclear age, educational materials, a review of teaching materials, nuclear literacy, and…

Based on his tour of Sweden, the author discusses the cultural, political, and methodological conditions leading to Sweden's highly developed involvement in adult education and recommends for emulation Sweden's emphasis upon student participation, the local coordination by local education councils, and especially, their simple but successful…

Discussion of the adult literacy problems, current educational programs, and the need to reduce illiteracy in Australia. (ABM)

This report on strategies for overcoming employment barriers for persons with visual impairments summarizes comments and suggestions of 7 focus groups comprised of either consumers (n=49) or employers (n=19). The report first reviews the literature concerning employment barriers and how consumers in previous studies suggested these barriers be…

Offering a brief history and summary of the use of the Continuing Education Unit (CEU), this article emphasizes the role of user groups in planning the educational activity, and concludes that widespread adoption of the CEU will enable the learner to shop selectively from a wide variety of programs and sponsors. (MW)

Author presents an educational model he has been preparing for the past nine years that is designed to help the disadvantaged adolescent and adult learn the necessary behaviors for coping with their problems in living. (Author/RK)

Article examines university adult education in a global context, and raises the question of whether the university should be responsible for the continuing education of community members. (Author/RK)

Paper focuses on two educational ideas, the concept of conscientization, developed by Paulo Freire, and the process American adult educators are using to deal with the problem of social change. (Author/RK)